TY - JOUR
T1 - The higher-order factor structures of five personality inventories
AU - Woods, Stephen
AU - Hardy, Claire
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study examined the internal higher-order structures of five personality inventories (the Hogan Personality Inventory, the Occupational Personality Questionnaire, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Personality and Preferences Inventory, Profile Match). A sample of 356 individuals from the UK working population completed various combinations of the five inventories. Overall, the results indicated sensible and interpretable factor structures for the inventories. Cross-inventory factor analyses of the extracted factors revealed a variant of the Big Five model underpinning them, enabling examination of inventory convergence and divergence. Our study also examined and compared representations of the General Factor of Personality in each of the inventories.
AB - This study examined the internal higher-order structures of five personality inventories (the Hogan Personality Inventory, the Occupational Personality Questionnaire, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Personality and Preferences Inventory, Profile Match). A sample of 356 individuals from the UK working population completed various combinations of the five inventories. Overall, the results indicated sensible and interpretable factor structures for the inventories. Cross-inventory factor analyses of the extracted factors revealed a variant of the Big Five model underpinning them, enabling examination of inventory convergence and divergence. Our study also examined and compared representations of the General Factor of Personality in each of the inventories.
KW - Personality inventories
KW - exploratory factor analysis
KW - trait measurement
KW - validity
KW - higher-order factors
KW - general factor of personality
KW - GFP
KW - big five
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.001
M3 - Article
VL - 52
SP - 552
EP - 558
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
SN - 0191-8869
IS - 4
ER -